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September 10, 2010

G141: Athletics 5, Red Sox 0

Buchholz (1-5-5-4-1, 39) was unable to get into any sort of groove and the A's whacked everything that was in the strike zone. Of Buchholz's 39 pitches, only 17 were strikes -- and he retired only two of the 11 batters he faced.

The first five A's reached base in the first inning: single/stolen base, walk, two-run double, walk, single. And the first four A's reached base in the second inning: walk, single, walk, two-run single.

The game began with Coco Crisp leaping high over the center field fence and robbing Ryan Kalish of a home run. The Red Sox managed only three hits, each of them coming with two outs in an inning: Josh Reddick's double in the second, Adrian Beltre's single in the fourth, and Victor Martinez's single in the sixth.

The Rays frittered away leads of 6-0 and 8-1, but held on to beat the Jays 9-8. The Rangers used 11 pitchers and beat the Yankees 6-5 in 13 innings.

106 comments:

SoSHer gcapalbo: "Who indeed should care about realism, or likelihood, or even expectations at this point. There are games to be played, and until that day that we are mathematically eliminated -- I like this kind of discussion quite a lot. When the situation is reversed, and we are on top, the talk always is of the Yankees or others catching us, so why not go here. ... There will be a long cold winter upon us before long, so why not enjoy it all in the meantime."

PA: "While going through the Atlanta airport yesterday, there was an announcement that the State Dept. had determined that "due to recent events, travelers were urged to take extreme caution if going to Afghanistan." Right, because normally Afghanistan is pretty much like St. Thomas. Only the "recent events" like the war make it dangerous."

been meaning to check out the Black Keys for a while. First you tube clip is solid. I'm assuming Cedric Burnside is an offspring of the late, great R.L. Burnside and their sound reminds me a lot of Junior Kimbrough (which the BK's vid is a cover of). Here's some nice Junior Kimbrough:Meet Me in the City (song BK covered)Done Got Old (I love this one)

I wrote about Burnside when he died about 5 years ago (and included the thing I wrote about the Fat Possum gig. It was a summer night in 1995 at The Bottom Line in New York City. This was for Request magazine:

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R.L. Burnside is seated center stage with a guitar in his lap, but this isn't MTV Unplugged. The 68-year-old Mississippi native's amp is cranked. The room is rocking.

Burnside is doing what he does best -- working a one-chord riff back and forth into a sensual groove -- during the opening night of the Fat Possum Mississippi Juke Joint Caravan in New York City. The tour, which also features Junior Kimbrough and David Thompson, continues through September.

Burnside and Kimbrough are well-known neighbors in Mississippi's northern hill country; Kimbrough runs a popular juke joint in Chulahoma off Highway 4. While both guitarists are labeled "traditional" players, they are neither nostalgic nor conservative musicians. Rather, they have resisted outside influences and kept their music vital -- a living, breathing tradition that continues to evolve.

Unlike most modern blues musicians, Kimbrough and Burnside wouldn't grandstand if you paid them. They rely on gritty hip-shaking rhythms, and though both players draw from the region's musical history, their presentations are very different. Burnside's raw, emotional slide work compels you to dance to even his most morose blues, while Kimbrough's songs of unbridled lust are eerily somber and pensive. His minimalist grooves are unlike anything in modern blues, flowing thick as molasses, enveloping the listener like quicksand.

Burnside and Kimbrough rarely play outside the South, although Burnside has appeared at various festivals and toured Europe. The Caravan also is a family outing for Burnside, whose 18-year-old grandson, Cedric Jackson, plays drums behind him. The immensely talented Jackson flew into New York a few hours before show time; his high school exams allowed him to miss the 27-hour (mostly unair-conditioned) bus ride from Mississippi to Manhattan.

Backstage, Burnside and Kimbrough laugh off the length of that trip. They're looking forward to giving the rest of the country a dose of what fuels Kimbrough's juke on Sunday nights.

and yes, a great, evocative read. That's the kind of writeup that if I hadn't heard of 'em would have me stitching off to the record store (back then--now I just steal shit on the internet (and then go to the record stores for the key records).

yes just showed highlight of sox game, NESN in HD. so infuriating. i really would like to call rogers and bitch about this.

they removed ALL of the MLB EI HD channels for NFL. fine by me to show NFL but still - WHY ARE THERE SO MANY FUCKING NBA CHANNELS!??!!?! the season doesn't start until after baseball!!!!! why not remove those excess channels?!??!